Tag Archives: Councilman Jose Huizar

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti put his signature on a $9.9 billion budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year May 29, a record level of funding that includes significant boosts for sidewalk repairs, homelessness programs and the Vision Zero program aimed at reducing traffic deaths. “We must confront our city’s biggest challenges with every available…

LOS ANGELES — With homelessness rising sharply in Los Angeles and threatening to be a major black mark on his record as he considers a run for the presidency, Mayor Eric Garcetti called for citywide implementation of temporary emergency shelters during his annual State of the City address April 16. The shelters, in the form…

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Reporter building on Sunset Boulevard was added to Los Angeles’ list of historic-cultural monuments Nov. 7 in a move that will delay and could prevent its destruction. The owners of the building want to tear it down to make way for a new development, but the City Council’s 11-0 vote…